Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on AGORACOM Small Cap TV this morning. It’s Aug 18th, 2011, and we’ve found 4 great press releases to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news. To watch the show live every morning at 9:30 AM, visit our front page.

McLaren Resources Launches Online Investor Relations Program via AGORACOM

McLaren Resources Inc. (MCL - CNSX, 3ML - FWB)

Company Highlights:

• Blue Quartz Property is located in the Beatty Township (Ontario) 73km East of Timmins
• Recent Drill Results include: 63m of 1.21 g\t gold and 2m of 13.95 g/t gold
• Property is surrounded by numerous past and presently productive gold mines. Most notably the Black Fox mine (Brigus Gold), the Hislop mine (St Andrews Goldfields) and the Ross mine
• Recently acquired a 100% interest in 8 contiguous mining claims totalling 240 hectares located directly west of the Blue Quartz Property

About The Blue Quartz

The Blue Quartz property is located 70 km east of Timmins where several current and past producing mines are located. The property consists of 25 patented mining claims, covering 400 hectares (4 square kilometres) of Early Precambrian Geology, situated on gold mineralized geological structures within the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. The Blue Quartz mine is located in the north central part of Beatty Township and is approximately 8 kilometres northwest of the producing Black Fox Mine, 12 kilometres northwest of the producing Hislop Mine and 14 kilometres northwest of the former producing Ross Mine.

Last: 0.18Range: 0.42-0.04Market Cap: 3.7 million

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NQ Intersects 11.55 t/t Au Over 1.30 Metres at its Lac Shortt Project

NQ Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NQE)

is pleased to report the results of three holes drilled at its Lac Shortt project (option on a 100% interest), located about 150 kilometres southwest of Chibougamau, Quebec.

In June and July, the Company drilled three holes totalling 993 metres. Three other proposed holes could not be drilled on the eastern extension of the mine due to the swampy nature of the ground, but could be drilled during the winter.

The third hole tested a structure interpreted from a MegaTEM survey in the southeastern part of the property. It intersected two strong gold zones, the first grading 6.40 g/t Au over 1.20 metres from 61.0 to 62.2 metres, and the second grading 11.55 g/t Au over 1.30 metres from 242.0 to 243.3 metres. In both cases, the gold mineralization is associated with zones of quartz veinlets injected into a sheared, carbonatized and weakly hematized mafic volcanic with 4-6% disseminated pyrite.

ABOUT NQ EXPLORATION INC.

NQ Exploration Inc. is a mining exploration company with a solid portfolio of 11 mining properties in the James Bay and Abitibi regions of Quebec. NQ Exploration Inc. is betting on Quebec's excellent mineral potential and favourable investment climate to produce new world-class gold and base metal deposits.

Last: 0.09Range: 0.18-0.07Market Cap: 6 million

VMS Ventures Intersects 1.61 Metres Grading 2.13 g/t Gold in Hole CP-11-013 on its Copper Project, Near Snow Lake, Manitoba

VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: VMS)

is pleased to update progress on its Copper project near Snow Lake.

Hole CP-11-013 intersected 1.61 metres grading 2.13 g/t gold on Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM) target CE-86. Gold mineralization is hosted in an altered shear zone with disseminated sulphides and quartz veins. This target is located 2.5 kilometres northeast of the Kof zone that hosts an historical (non-compliant NI 43-101) resource of 257,000 tonnes grading 2.30% copper.

Neil Richardson, VMS's Chief Operating Officer states: "The gold mineralization on the Copper project is located 2.5 km northeast of the Kof zone and is the second significant discovery through drilling, on this project this year. The geology from all of the drilling to date indicates favourable volcanic stratigraphy, so we will continue compiling and evaluating targets on the Copper project."

About VMS Ventures Inc.:

VMS Ventures Inc. is focused primarily on acquiring, exploring and developing copper-zinc-gold-silver massive sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake VMS Belt of Manitoba. The Company's VMS project property portfolio consists of the Reed Lake Project, Copper Project, McClarty Lake Project, Sails Lake Project, Puella Bay Project and Morton Lake Project. Outside of the Snow Lake camp, the Company holds massive sulphide prospective properties near the past producing Fox Lake and Ruttan copper-zinc mines, near the communities of Lynn Lake and Leaf Rapids in northern Manitoba.

Last: 0.42Range; 0.85-0.22Market Cap: 51 million

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Apogee Reports Assays from 15 Drill Holes Including 3.0 Meters Grading 468.7 g/t Silver, and Further Commences Underground and Oxide Drilling Programs at the Pulacayo Deposit

Apogee Silver Ltd.(TSX VENTURE: APE)

is pleased to report assay results from 15 additional diamond drill holes from the ongoing drill campaign at the Pulacayo deposit located in southwest Bolivia (See Table 1 below). All of the reported holes were drilled from surface.

The highlights include:

--PUD 195 which intersected 10.0 meters grading 133.70 g/t silver, 0.69 %

lead, 0.02% zinc.

--PUD 196 which intersected 1.0 meter grading 215.00 g/t silver, 3.45%lead, 1.86% zinc.

--PUD 199 which intersected 4.0 meters grading 285.50 g/t silver, 3.67%lead, 5.03 % zinc.

--PUD 201 which intersected 1.0 meter grading 171.0 g/t silver, 0.06%lead, 3.17% zinc.

--PUD 206 which intersected 2.0 meters grading 137.0 g/t silver,0.04% lead, 0.20% zinc, and 3.02 g/t gold.

--PUD 207 which intersected 3.0 meters grading 468.7 g/t silver, 0.04% lead, 0.11% zinc.

About Apogee Silver Ltd

Apogee Silver Ltd. is a mineral exploration and development stage company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol APE. Apogee targets advanced silver-zinc-lead projects in South America that demonstrate potential to be developed to production. Currently its projects are located in the historic silver producing regions of southwest Bolivia and northern Chile.

Last: 0.225Range: 0.46-0.065Market Cap: 65 million

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